OS1/12/22/87
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKDAM | Blackdam Blackdam Blackdam |
Peter Dunne Schoolmaster Urquhart By Elgin James Milne Farmer Kennethmount by Elgin John Taylor Merchant Lhanbryde By Elgin |
013.03; 013.04 | This name applies to a small district on which there are five or six neat cottages one Storey high partly slated and partly thatched on the Duke of Richmonds property. Gordon Castle, Banffshire |
| WESTER BAUDS | Wester Bauds Wester Bauds Wester Bauds |
Peter Dunne Schoolmaster James Milne Farmer John Taylor Merchant Lhanbryde By Elgin |
013.03 | This name applies to a farm steading one storey high and slated with suitable outstanding offices all in good repair and on the Duke of Richmonds, property Gordon Castle Banffshire |
| KENNETH'S MOUNT | Kenneth's Mount | Peter Dunne Schoolmaster James Milne Farmer John Taylor Merchant |
013.03 | A small mound a little to the North East of the farm bearing that name and on which mound Kenneth Leal was hung in chains A.D.1792 for robbing the Mail coach between Elgin and Fochabers |
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[Page] 87County of Elgin -- Parish of Urquhart
Transcriber's notes
[the bottom right corner of the page is torn- partly obscuring the year of the crime, which is wrong in any case]Kenneth Leal, messenger in Elgin, indicted for robbing the Elgin mail in December last
was found guilty by the jury unanimously and sentenced to be hanged on 7th July 1773 [not 1793]
between Elgin and Fochabers, near Janet Innes's Cairn, the place where he robbed the mail
and his body to be hung in chains.
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DANIALSAN, hastingleigh
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